By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – While a group of concerned individuals is tasked with answering three questions regarding the future of Whittell High School, the chore is turning out to be anything but simple and straightforward. The committee – made up of parents, teachers, and a community representative – came about after last spring’s uprising […]
Read moreTo the community, Wait, what? Safer? Yes! As a 20-plus-year South Lake Tahoe resident and a recently retired FBI agent, I have experienced Lake Tahoe Community College as a student, a guest speaker, and as an occasional criminal justice instructor. Over the years, these connections have proven to me just how essential LTCC is in […]
Read moreBy W.J. Hennigan, Washington Post Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel addressed the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas on Monday, unveiling a comprehensive plan for how the U.S. military will address the effects of climate change. Rising global temperatures, increasing sea levels and intensifying weather events will challenge global stability, he said, and could lead […]
Read more• Douglas County Library now let’s people borrow free digital video, music and audiobooks with a library card. For more information, go online. • Here is the roadwork schedule for the Sierra from Caltrans. • Cork & More in South Lake Tahoe is hosting a wine tasting Oct. 16 from 7-9pm as a benefit for Tahoe […]
Read moreThe South Lake Tahoe Police Department and El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department received several phone calls last weekend from residents someone called saying they were identifying a specific individual from one of the agencies. Residents were told that they had warrants out for their arrest for failing to respond to a jury summons. The callers were then told […]
Read moreBy Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee Rugged and isolated, the Rubicon River Valley on the border of El Dorado and Placer counties was for many years an idyll of old-growth trees and icy swimming holes. Then the King Fire roared through last month, turning a 20-mile stretch of the canyon into a vast dead zone of […]
Read moreThree rooms at the Lodge at Kingsbury Crossing in Stateline had to be evacuated today because of carbon monoxide. An alarm went off in one room just before 10am Oct. 14. The odorless gas then spread to two other rooms. “It was coming from the vent, but we’re not sure if it was drawing from […]
Read moreThe Douglas County community and senior center in the valley will open more than five months ahead of schedule and more than $10,000 under budget. Contractors expect to be done Dec. 6. Core Construction was credited for its help in keeping the project below the $16.9 million budget as well as for finishing well before the […]
Read moreBy Davis Enterprise The Lake Tahoe Sonification Project is a sound installation which represents multiple aspects of Lake Tahoe’s environment, both above and within the lake. Weather data from the lake is crafted into sound, creating a continuous aural experience that is artistic in design, and intelligible to a listener. This sound installation will create […]
Read moreTo the community, Measure F on the ballot this November is just as critical to the future of Lake Tahoe Community College as it is to the strength of the entire South Shore community. Imagine our community without a decent and competitive academic center like the college. From grandpas to graduates, the college intersects the lives […]
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